πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A farm has 30 chickens. 1/5 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
23/4 of Aiden's garden is vegetables. 1/2 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
32/4 of Aiden's garden is vegetables. 1/6 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
41/5 of Aiden's garden is vegetables. 3/4 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
5A farm has 40 chickens. 5/8 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
6Omar has 24 stickers and puts 5/8 of them in a book. How many stickers go in the book?
Answer: ______________ stickers
73/5 of Zoe's garden is vegetables. 3/6 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
8There are 39 students in the school band. 1/3 of them play a drum. How many students play a drum?
Answer: ______________ students
93/4 of Zoe's garden is vegetables. 3/4 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
101/2 of Priya's garden is vegetables. 1/2 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
11A farm has 9 chickens. 1/3 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
12Sam has 35 stickers and puts 3/5 of them in a book. How many stickers go in the book?
Answer: ______________ stickers
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 6 chickens
- 2. 3/8 of the garden
- 3. 1/12 of the garden
- 4. 3/20 of the garden
- 5. 25 chickens
- 6. 15 stickers
- 7. 3/10 of the garden
- 8. 13 students
- 9. 9/16 of the garden
- 10. 1/4 of the garden
- 11. 3 chickens
- 12. 21 stickers
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